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It is a sunny morning here in Bristol as I write and I can hear seagulls – one of the lovely sounds (along with church bells) which I often hear when I’m in my garret (ie tiny flat stuffed full … Continue reading →

Although this way back in the summer! We got back on 13 July. There was a “before” picture (thank you Kamalamani): And then there was an “after” one…. together with Samasuri (thank you, again, Kamalamani!):

I’m off on retreat up a mountain in Spain at Akashavana (see www.akashavana.org for pix) from Wed 18 April – Fri 13 August and in transit for a bit thereafter until the Order Convention in August….. The Bag Lady has … Continue reading →

Well, I was jolly excited on Monday to discover that a little piece I wrote for The Spark magazine about Urban Retreat (see below) got published! Cold, dark January mornings and I wind my way up the Gloucester Road on … Continue reading →

So now it’s Sunday and we finished our Urban Retreat yesterday, the five of us. We meditated together, discussed our week, explored making precepts and carried out a final ritual together when we made offerings of our intentions going forward … Continue reading →

The week has been going very quickly… albeit punctuated by lovely things. We did our last early morning meditation at the Buddhist Centre this morning, chanting the Refuges & Precepts and hearing the reading about the Buddha from the translation … Continue reading →

A hasty blog before scooting off with Sal for our weekly study group at Jvalamalini’s. Well, we’ve had two early morning sits so far… the morning has felt very early (esp today when I overslept, and although staying nearby had … Continue reading →

Well, we began! Chittamani, Pranjamati, Debbie, Hannah and Satyalila spent Saturday exploring what it is to be on retreat and exploring what we’re each going to do this week in order to manifest “retreatness” in ourlives. We looked at “The … Continue reading →

First Installment Continue reading →